ruby (cherubym) wrote in missions, @ 2012-08-08 00:21:00 |
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Entry tags: | ! thread, garnet til alexandros, ruby argente |
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WHO: Ruby Argente and HRH Garnet til Alexandros
WHAT: Shendi's understudy takes over!
WHERE: The stage
WHEN: Wednesday, during Oglops! practice.
On the Tantalus, there was no time for sick leave. If one of them fell ill, they somehow managed to put aside their pain for the group. All they had was each other; they had to pull through. No room for understudies. No time to postpone an appearance. No cloud, no squall could hinder them. No cough, no cold could either. But if Baku were to catch her now, she would insist that this was no ordinary bug.
Ruby had gotten sick in the past, but she never felt as terrible as she did now. They were days away from curtain call and all she wanted to do was shiver herself to death. Her nose burned from tissue overuse. Her entire body ached from tossing and turning through the night. The best thing about today was that her voice was now a hoarse whisper. An improvement from the day before—that’s how pitiful she was.
She stubbornly dragged herself to Oglops practice, dressed in double layers and armed with potion-laced hot cocoa. (At this rate, she would go through all of her winter wardrobe before August was over.)
Oglops! Starring Ruby Argente. Visions of posters plastered across the school, a marquee that announced her name to the world swam in her mind.
But instead of living the dream, she sat on a stool stage left with the perfect view of everyone rehearsing for the best play of the history of Garden Festivals. She made out the blurred figures dancing across the stage, singing too loudly for her headache to bear. If she hadn’t already memorized the musical, she would not be able to make sense of anything.